The MP whose constituency covers the Yarl's Wood detention centre has called on the government to wait before creating another special unit in the region.

Alistair Burt, the Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire, was speaking after government plans to put a new secure unit within the existing Oakington reception centre in Cambridgeshire were leaked to the BBC.

Opponents say any centre for detainees awaiting deportation could suffer a similar fate to Yarl's Wood, largely destroyed in a fire after a riot last February.

Mr Burt said: "I don't think anything should be done with detention and removal centres until the Home Office has published the results of its inquiry into what happened at Yarl's Wood."

Mr Burt: Wait for inquiry results

He added: "There was a problem about those who were detained, and we believe it led to the incident."

The BBC has been told there are plans to create a secure deportation centre for 150 people within the Oakington site.